Soap-dispensing machine.



G. P. SHAVER. 4

SOAP DI$PENSING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 3, 1906.

- Patented May 21; 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH CO., WASHINGTON. D. C.

To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE F. SHAVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HYGIENIG SOAI GRANIILATOR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SOAP-DISPENSING MACHINE.

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. SHAVER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, in the county of New: York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Dispensing Machines, I of which the following is a specification.

I This invention relates to soap dispensing machines and has for its object the provifsion of a machine of this class which is of simple and compact construction for the purpose setforth.

One of the general features ofthe ma chine herein shown and described as an illustration of an operative embodiment of my-invention is in the construction and arrangement of the several parts so as to provide for the use in the machine of a cake of soap of-ordinary form, thus doing away with the necessity of using a cake of soap of special design.

Another feature of the invention as herein illustrated is in the construction of the comminuting device in the form of a cutter which is so designed that when the same is operated the soap will be shaved or cut from a cake of soap positioned in the machine in relatively small particles or ribbons. This is accomplished by providing a cutting de vice ofpeculiar construction, and also in providing a positive feeding mechanism which. will feed the cake of soap against the cutting device continuously and in a constant amount when the same is. operated, which will be more fully. described hereinafter.

Other features will be in part obvious and will in part appear hereinafter in connection with the description of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

To accomplish the above results I have provided a soap container or receptacle mounted upon a suitable standard or base, the whole beingself-contained and forming amachine which may be placed upon a toilet V fixture or removed to any other place in which it may be desired to use the same. In the lower portion of the container I have provided a horizontal shaft which may be rotated by a suit-able handle or lever from the outside. ..Upon this shaft I havemount- Patented May21, 1912.

ed a cutter of peculiar designwhich will be more fully described hereinafter. I have positioned a feeding shaft on the interior but at one side of the container which is operated at a reduced speed from the driving shaft. This feeding shaft operates a feeding device which presses the cake of soap against the cutter when operated.

It will be understood that the device above described represents only one operative embodiment of my invention and the arrangement of the several parts as well as the particular design of the same may be altered to meet the various requirementsof a device of this nature.

In the drawings like parts in all of the views have been given the same reference numbers.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of'a soap dispensing machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a'vertical sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction ofv the arrows. Fig. 3 is atop plan view, partly in section, of the fol lower plate and attached parts. I

At 1 I have shown a soap container or receptacle which is preferably rectangular in form and mounted upon a base 2 by means of suitable standards or supports, such as3. A shaft 4 provided with suitable bearings is positioned in the lowerportion of the container land adapted to be rotated by a handle and lever 5. A vertical feeding shaft, such as 6, may be mounted within the container 1 and is adapted to be driven from the shaft 4 by means of a worm and gear. This feeding shaft may be threaded for a portion of its length and is adapted to operate a threaded member 7 of peculiar construction attached to a follower 8. As the feeding shaft 6 is rotated as described the follower 8 will be. moved downwardly aganst the cake of soap 9, forcing the same against the comminuting. device or cutter.

The comminuting device or cutter is preferably formed by providing two-disk shaped ends, such as, 10, which are mounted upon and secured tothe shaft't by suitable means. Between these disk shaped, endsa number of corrugated members or cutting strips, such as 11, may be provided. These:

strips are provided with a cutting edge-at one side thereof and may be supported between the disk shaped ends 10 in a plane which is at a slight angle with a tangent line at this point. Cutting edges such as shown at 12 may also be provided at the circumference of the disk shaped ends 10 between the cutting strips 11 to cut the soap from that portion of the cake which may project beyond the cutting strips.

The corrugated or curved cutting edge provided on the strip 11 will cut thin, narrow ribbons of soap from the cake 9 as the cutter is rotated by the handle and lever 5 and as these strips are positioned so as to leave a space of comparatively large size between adjacent strips the soap shaving will fall through freely between the cutting strips upon the receptacle provided in the base 2.

The device for moving the follower 8 against the cake of soap 9 when the feeding shaft 6 is turned may be composed of a member, such as 7, having a sliding portion 13 operating in a recess therein. The end of the sliding portion 13 and the end of this recess in the member 7 is threaded to fit the feeding shaft 6. A spring 14 is adapted to hold the sliding portion 13 normally in engagement with the operating shaft 6, but the sliding portion 13 may be drawn back out of engagement therewith by means of a lever such as 15. When the sliding portion 13 is drawn back to the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 8, the follower may be moved up on the feeding shaft 6 allowing a new cake of soap to be placed in position in the machine, or for any other purpose.

A suitable door may be provided if desired in one side of the container or receptacle 1, as indicated in Fig. 2 at 16.

It will thus be seen that with the arrangement and design of the several parts of the machine above described a cake of soap of any ordinary form may be used and as the comminuting device or cutter is operated the same will be fed to the comminuting device and dispensed from the machine in the desired form.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention designed without departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative merely of an operative embodiment of my invention and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim is 1. In a soap dispensing machine, a receptacle adapted to receive a cake of soap, a horizontal shaft mounted in said receptacle, a comminuting device mounted on said horizontal shaft, a vertical shaft mounted at one side of said receptacle, feeding means operated by said vertical shaft, and a worm and gear interposed between said shafts whereby one is operated by the other.

2. In a soap shaving machine, a horizontal shaft, a cutter on said shaft, a vertical screw threaded shaft, means whereby said vertical shaft is operated by said horizontal shaft, a follower comprising a plate having a projecting collar, received over said vertical shaft, a slide lock on said plate composed of a plate having one end engaging the threads of said vertical shaft, and means for operating said slide lock.

8. In a soap shaving machine, a horizontal shaft, a cutter on said shaft, a screw threaded shaft at right angles to the horizontal shaft, means whereby said screw threaded shaft is operated by said horizontal shaft, a follower comprising a plate having a collar received over said screw threaded shaft, a slide lock on said plate, composed of a plate having one end engaging the threads of said screw threaded shaft, and means for operating said slide lock.

4. A soap shaving machine embodying a casing, a horizontal shaft having a short screw threaded portion on one end in said casing, a cutter on said shaft arranged between sa id threaded portion thereof and one side of the casing, a screw threaded shaft at right angles to the horizontal shaft, a worm gear supported on one end of said screw threaded shaft, and meshing with said threaded portion of the horizontal shaft, and a follower received over said threaded portion on the screw threaded shaft and carrying means to engage said threads.

5. In a soap shaving machine, a horizontal shaft having a cutter thereon, a screw threaded portion on said shaft beyond one end of the cutter, a screw threaded shaft at right angles to the horizontal shaft, and having a worm gear engaging said screw threads of the horizontal shaft, a follower, and means to lock said follower to and release the same from said threads of the screw threaded shaft, to enable the follower to be removed.

6. In a soap shaving machine, a casing, a horizontal cutter carrying shaft at the lower end of said casing having screw threads thereon, a screw threaded shaft having a worm at one end meshing with said threads of the horizontal shaft, a follower operating above the cutter, and means to lock said follower to and remove the same from said threads of the screw threaded shaft embodying a pivoted lever which in locked position is in horizontal relation to said follower.

7. A soap shaving machine embodying a casing, a horizontal shaft therein having a threaded part, a screw threaded shaft at right angles to the horizontal shaft, a worm on the lower end thereof meshing with said gaging over said threads of the screw threaded part of the horizontal shaft, one Signed at the city of New. York in the end of said screw threaded shaft being a county of New York and State of New threaded, and a follower having a collar en- York this 29th day of Oct. A. D. '1906.

GEORGE F. SHAVER.

threaded shaft, and carrying means to en- Witnesses: gage between said threads of the last named H. W. Fonsr'r'n, shaft. LEWIS J. Doonrrrnn.

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